High Performance Schools in Pennsylvania

State Policies:

PlanCon is the school construction authority in the state of Pennsylvania. PlanCon incentivizes high performance school construction through additional reimbursements to districts who achieve LEED Silver or [2/3] Green Globes. Pennsylvania currently has 107 LEED certified school, at least six Green Globes certified schools, and one Collaborative for High Performance Schools certified school. There are 233 Energy Star Labeled K-12 Schools in Pennsylvania.

Grants and Rebates:

Are you an architect or engineer who has worked on a High Performance School in this state? You can download and fill out our questionnaire and NEEP will use it to complete a case study, highlighting your firm's exemplary work on high performance schools. We use these case studies on our website, webinars, and conference presentations, and often invite architects or engineers to speak about their work in these venues.

For More Information

The High Performance Schools Exchange offers presentations and trainings to design and building professionals as well as school administrators and committees. These are available at no cost and can be scheduled by contacting Carolyn Sarno at csarno@neep.org or at (781) 860-9177 x119 or John Balfe at jbalfe@neep.org or at (781) 860-9177 x109.